Beaverstown golf club Dublin

Members Achievements

The Ladies of Beaverstown Golf Club won the East Leinster Final of the Junior Foursomes when they beat Headfort Golf Club by 2½-matches to ½-match at Seapoint Golf Club on Sunday 2nd September 2018.

They were led out by Kate O’Hare (16) with Sheila Dunne (21) who won their match by 4 and 3 against Mary Kidney (18) with Patricia O’Doherty (18) in the middle match Seonad Cassidy (20) with Chloe Flanagan (18) had a comfortable 5 and 3 win over Jacqui McCormack (18) with Siobhan Treacy (20)and in the bottom match of Gwen O’Connor (22) with Mary Murray (17) against Mary MacQuillan (18) with Gerri Houlihan (25) was declared as a halve when called-in.

They made their way to Knightsbrook Hotel & Golf Resort to participate in the All-Ireland Deciders where they met Ulster Champions Shandon Park Golf Club in the All-Ireland Quarter-Final on Wednesday 26th September and went down by 2-matches to 1-match against the ladies from County Down.

First on the tee was Mary Murphy with Sheila Dunne who went all the way up the 19th before relinquishing the point against Debra Thompson with Gillian Harran, they were followed by Chloe Flanagan with Seonad Cassidy who had a bad day against Deborah Sweeney with Lorraine McCaffrey when losing out by 6 and 5 and in the bottom match Eileen Meaney with Gwen O’Connor also went up the 19th before conceding their match against Mary Thompson with Brenda Marson. Shandon Park lost the All-Ireland Final the following day against Mid Leinster Champions Courtown Golf Club by 2 ½-matches to ½-match when taking the green pennant.

They Won the Fingal Junior Team Trophy in 2002 when the team was Conor Lennon, Paul Kelly, Ian McCormack, Paul Dignam, Aidan Rowsome, Shane Jenkinson, Stephen Cunningham, Jamie Cole, Stephen Flanagan, Adam Simmonson, and David Mooney. They were managed by Harry Rowsome and Pat MacCallion.

They won it for the first time in 1998 when the team was C. Cullen, K. Rowsome, C. Perry, K. Gregory, C. Neville, E. Martin, P. MacCallion Jnr. S. Weinmann and D. Warde. They were managed by Harry Rowsome and Pat MacCal

Martina Gillen was selected on the Irish Ladies team for the Home Internationals, where they retained the trophy and recorded their 7th victory, played at Royal Porthcawl from 8th to 10th September 2004. Martina was selected on the Leinster ILGU Team for the Interprovincial's, Played at Ballybunion Golf Club from 18th to 20th August 2004.

Martina Gillen was selected on the Leinster Ladies team for the AIB Interprovincial Championships at Mount Wolseley Golf Club from August 7-9 2002, having played on the Irish Junior Girls team competing in the European Lady Junior Team Championship in Moscow in July. She played on the Irish team for the European Team Championship at Campo de Meis, Spain from the 10th to the 14th of July 2001. She was also on the Leinster Ladies team for the AIB Interprovincial's at the Island Golf Club from the 8th to the 10th August 2001. She had a wonderful start to her year on returning to the US where she recorded three wins in succession.

Martina Gillen was selected on the Irish Ladies team for the Home Internationals, where they retained the trophy and recorded their 7th victory, played at Royal Porthcawl from 8th to 10th September 2004. Martina was selected on the Leinster ILGU Team for the Interprovincial's, Played at Ballybunion Golf Club from 18th to 20th August 2004.

Martina Gillen was selected on the Leinster Ladies team for the AIB Interprovincial Championships at Mount Wolseley Golf Club from August 7-9 2002, having played on the Irish Junior Girls team competing in the European Lady Junior Team Championship in Moscow in July. She played on the Irish team for the European Team Championship at Campo de Meis, Spain from the 10th to the 14th of July 2001. She was also on the Leinster Ladies team for the AIB Interprovincial's at the Island Golf Club from the 8th to the 10th August 2001. She had a wonderful start to her year on returning to the US where she recorded three wins in succession.

Gary Cullen was selected to represent Ireland in the Governor Hugh Carey Cup at Portmarnock Golf Club on 8th-9th May 2001.

Prior to 2001: 

Beaverstown won the Leinster Under-15 Matchplay Championship in 1999 when the team was Pat MacCallion, Karl Gregory, Chris Cullen, Robert Barbar, Harry Rowsome, Liam Murphy, Aidan Relihan, Robert Martin, Stephen Flanagan, Richard Gregory, Jamie Rowsome, Stephen Conroy and Paul Kelly.

They won the Fingal Junior Team Trophy in 1999 when the team was Edward Martin, Keith Rowsome, Chris Cullen, James Fleming, Jamie Rowsome, Karl Gregory, Patrick MacCallion, Jonathan Kane, Glen Perry and Aaron Dunne.

They won it for the first time in 1998 when the team was C. Cullen, K. Rowsome, C. Perry, K. Gregory, C. Neville, E. Martin, P. MacCallion Jnr. S. Weinmann and D. Warde. They were managed by Harry Rowsome and Pat MacCal

Beaverstown won the Best Cup in 1998 when the team was F. Carey, E. Kelly, R. Bannon, T. O'Rourke, S. Farrell, J. Bohan, K. McDonagh, E. McKenna, B. Ryan, L. O'Brien, M. O'Connor, B. Coyle, B. Maher, P. J. Lonergan, D. Hickey, F. O'Connor and J. O'Donoghue. They were managed by Peter McAllister and N. Reynolds.

Beaverstown Golf Club won the Leinster Final of the Iris Mixed Foursomes in 1995 when the team was John McKenna, Sean Fagan, Paul Nimmo, Joan Melvin, Maura Fagan, Myles Perry, John Quinn, Carina O'Brien, Mary Murray, Niamh Duggan and Esther Harman, they were captained by Pat Beausang and Irene Molloy.

They won the McDonnell Cup in 1992 when the team was J. Mulligan, C. Clarke, K. McDonagh, P. O'Connor, P. Murphy, P. J. Carthy, D. Bracken, D. Jackson, R. Oonan, R. O'Siochain, P. Durack, N. Judge, P. Chambers, J. Richardson, Peter McAllister, J. Graham, P. Graham, D. Kelly, S. Ruddy, K. Gleeson and S. Lillis. They were managed by N. Reynolds assisted by F. Heron.

Beaverstown won the Uden Cup in 1992 when the team was N. Cooke, B. Holt, G. Dooley, D. Hatch, T. Cosgrove, L. Ward, D. Keenan, J. Bradshaw, J. Grealy, T. Doyle, P. Beausang, B. Compelli, C. Cooke, D. O'Neill, C. Penrose, M. Gillett, B. Kerrigan, J. Breheny, D, Kavanagh, J. Courtney and G. Barber. They were managed by J. O'Neill and H. O'Brien and captained by L. Kelly.

Martina Gillen was selected to lead the Irish Girls' team for the Home Internationals at Downfield G.C., Dundee, from the 15th to the 17th August, 2000. She played in the Home Internationals at Royal Dornoch in August, 1999, and the Irish Girls' team in the Home Internationals at Mullingar G. C. the same year, having played in the Girls Home Internationals at Forfar in 1997 and at Mullingar Golf Club in 1998. She also played in the European Ladies Junior Championship at Oslo, Norway in 1998. She won the Munster Girls' and was beaten finalist in the Leinster Girls' at The Island G. C.

Gary Cullen won the Irish Amateur Open Championship with scores of 72, 71, 72 and 67 a total of 282 at The Royal Dublin on May 16th, 1999, and won the Dundalk & Carlow Scratch Cups the same year. He finished the year joint 3rd in the Willie Gill Perpetual Award. Gary was selected to play for Ireland in the men's Home Internationals at Royal Co. Down on 22nd-24th September, 1999, and he participated in the Home Internationals in 1998 and the Boys in 1993. 

Congratulations to James Richardson on winning "golfer of the year" 1999, with unbelievably consistent scoring in all the major competitions. James whom I am reliably informed, is a most prolific prize winner on the golfing circuit and I'm sure his fellow-golfers are pleased to see him win yet again. 

Colm McGuinness won the Sir John Lumsden Cup at Castle G. C., on the first weekend in September, 1999 when he chipped in on the 54th hole to pip Tony Sheridan of Hermitage by a shot.

Members who played representative golf for Country or Province;

Gary Cullen represented Ireland at international Youths level in 1996 playing 4-matches, halved 1-match and lost 3-matches accumulating 1-point. He represented Ireland at Irish Boys level in 1993 playing 4-times won 2-matches halved one and lost -match accumulating 5-points. He Gary Cullen represented Leinster at Senior Interprovincial level from 1996 to 2001 playing 26-times won 12-matches halved four and lost 10-matches accumulating 28-points. He represented Leinster as a Youth Interprovincial in 1996 playing 6-times won 3-matches and lost 3-matches accumulating 6-points;

History of Beaverstown

Founded 1985

Beaverstown Golf Club was originally the home of Lamb Brothers fruit farm (pictured below), the producers of the famous Fruitfield jams.  When it ceased operations in the early 1980’s, the land was bought by a local businessman with the intentions of making it into a Golf and Country Club. 

However, despite an intensive advertising campaign and the retention of the late Eddie Hackett (Enniscrone, Waterville, Old Head of Kinsale and Ballybunion) to design the course, the project ran into some financial difficulties.   By this stage some 60 members had subscribed to join and faced the loss of their investment.  Following a meeting of these members, a group of 20 invested £5,000 each to satisfy the bank and purchase the land.

At that point, the course had been shaped through the orchards that still abounded the land and play, of sorts, had commenced.  The Club affiliated to the GUI in 1985 and an intensive recruitment drive got underway.It was the potential of the course that attracted new members and by 1990 the membership target was reached.

The Club began to enjoy a year-on-year increase in visitor numbers through the nineties  as its reputation spread.  It’s profile was raised even further on a competitive front when it won a number of pennants and produced two Irish international golfers – Gary Cullen and Martina Gillen, the latter now being a professional golfer on the European Ladies Tour.

In 1999, with the Donabate area experiencing growth, and with tremendous foresight, the then committee saw the threat of housing bounding the Club’s property and engaged Peter McEvoy, the British Amateur Open Champion (77 & 78) and victorious Walker Cup Captain (99 & 01), to remodel the lay-out.Having previously created or remodelled the impressive Powerscourt, Fota Island, Glen of the Downs and Rathsallagh, to name just a few, it is a measure of the quality of the new lay-out that Beaverstown can proudly rank among these prestigious clubs.

To-day, Beaverstown is prominent in the list of top clubs, being regularly called upon to host GUI and ILGU competitions.  If visitor numbers is a barometer, then Beaverstown’s name will continue to be high on the list of "must play" courses.